Lamp shade



V. W. DARLING.

LAMP SHADE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV, 27, I920.

1,418,520. Patented p 18, 1922 A TTOBNEYS VIRGINIA WINNVDARLING, or YoNKERs, New YORK.

' AMP SHADE.

7 hAp p lication filed November 27', 1920. Saar- 426,795.

resident of Yonkers, in the county ofWestchester and State of New -1 ork, have 1n-' vented a new and-ImprovedLamp Shade, of which the following is a "Full, clear, and exact description. j

It is well appreciated that it-has been quite customary to provide receptacles for various classes of goods, such as confectionery, and more particularlycandy, which receptacles are of a'highly ornate nature.

These receptacles have includeda body or lid portion, or in other w ords,"that portion which presented the exterior wall ofthe'rece eptacle. which lid or body portion isof silk, parchment, and'various other expensive materials, and quite'often designs have been painted by hand thereon; In connection with" this class of recep- 'tacle, a factor acting as a detriment to their subsequent to embodying the same "as the' sale has always been attributedto the fact that the receptacles, although presenting an extremely fine appearance-at the time, of their initial use, have been of no value sub sequent to the-completion of its use, and have for the most part been destroyed .ir-

respective ofthe'fact that'it involved quite an expenditure of money at'thetime of their purchase. 7 I i It is now an object of my invention to provide the exposed portions,';i. e.,that portion of the receptacle visible to the {casual observer, of such a nature as topermit of its subsequentutilization as an ornamental.

lamp shape. ,7 "Thus it will not benecessary for the purchaserto discard the'receptacle which has been purchased at a high-figure, and presents an exetremely pleasing appearance,

7 main portion of the receptacle, or in'other words, the most'expensiv'e part of the-same may be put to an extremely usefulrsubse- 'quent purpose.

A further object of my invention is that of providing the exposed portion of a re-' ceptacle in various shades and designs in the connection aimed, and which receptacle although more particularly intended for use in connection with the receiving of candy and confectionery, is not'necessarily limited 1 to this particular adaption. .7

. Reference is had to the attached sheet of drawings as illustrating various practical Specification o f Letters Patent. P t ted built .upon a wire frame 11." r p v H 4 i This frame conveniently includes,any suitice;

Apr. 18,1922.

embodiments Or my invention, "and in" Figure 1 is a'perspective view ofa'receptacle embodying my-r invention;

. Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional 7 View taken along the line-2+2 of Figure 1, and 1n the direction'ofthearrows.

' Figure 3' is a perspective fragmentary view of the lid portion ofthe receptacle,

illustrated in Figures land2, and showing the same applied to a light fixture subsequent to its removal fromthe body portion and illustrating a different method of ad justme'nt of'thesame, to the'light fixture if i v this is de'sired. r

Figure 5 isa perspective sectional view invention, and r v p gFigure' 6 illustrates in'section, the ar- '01? the body of a receptacle, utilizing my,

'rangement of the parts ofthis 'latterftype I of receptacle, prior to its adaption tor-alight fixture.

In these views-it will be seen that the r-e f it erence numeral 10, reference beinghadto Figures 1,-2fand 3, indicates the highly 'or i 7 the conventional construction is preferably" nate' lid of a receptacle, which contrary to able type of fixture, such as clips 12 permit, ting of its attachment to a source of illumi nation 13, and itwill be noted, reference be ing had to Figure 2, that the frame portion i sociation "of thelid 10with the'body 140i the receptacle. I

of thelidinterferes'in'no' waywith the as-" I coniectionery,'or other desirable contents, 1'

and'with a view of protecting'the attaching fixture 12*ftrom the danger of a'certain- 'amountof the confectionery-adhering thereto, it will be noted, that the receptacle 14L;

- is conveniently provided with a well portion ing nieans may extent. 4 Thus it will be appreciated that a recepre-gular duties of the receptacle, and by means of which it is vpermissible, without 0 5 tacie inthe nature of ail-amp shade is {no I vided, in which no wire interferes with the p The bo'dy 14rece1ves inthe usual in anner,

may be put to an extremely useful and highly ornate use. 4

It is well appreciated among lamp shade manufacturers, and users that clips, such as those illustrated in Figures 2 and 3, do not always prove practical, particularly where the shade is large, andit willbe seen reference being had to Figure l, which illustrates a slightly different form of highly ornate lid, that the frame may include looped portions 16, affording attachmentto a suspending means 17, by means of which the entire lid forming the shade may be suspended from, rather than possibly attached to, the source of illumination. It will also be obvious that, as has previously been brought out in connection with the lid 18, illustrated in Figure that providing the same is of a sufficiently small nature, that theframee work 11 thereof, may include clips corresponding to the clips 12 of Figure 3, in lieu of the suspending means, which are preferably only resorted to where the lid is of a relatively large size.

A. further form of lamp shade may be provided, reference being had to Figures 5 and 6, which latter form of lamp shade is particularly adapted to be formed of a larger size of box, and with a view of affording the straight sides presented in com necti on with the lids 0r lamp shades 1 and 18. With this in view, the body portion 19 of the box forms the ornate member, and reference being had to Figure 6, it will be seen that axlid 2b of any desired type associated therewith, int-he usual manner.

The frame work 21 in this latter type of: shade conveniently includes a looped portion 22 ali'ording attaching means for pern'iitting anassociation of the'shade with a source of illumination 23.

its is customary, this looped portion preferably lies in a plane below that of the'upper portion of the frame, and it will be obvious that a certain protecting medium will be necessary to retain the contents of the receptacle in spaced relationship with respect to the loop, 22. l his protecting means may be of any suitable type such as for instance a disk shaped member having its center portion raised, as at 24:, its outer edges being conveniently upturned, as at 25. This expedient obviously permits of the filling of the body portion with any desired contents, which latter are prevented from contacting with the parts of the frame.

Thus, I have provided a receptacle, either of the portions of which may be subsequentlyutilized to provide a useful and ornamental article, so that the expense incident to the initial purchase of the same is more than justifiable.

It will also be appreciated that obviously numerous modifications of structure and variations of design and material may be resorted to without in the least departing from the spirit of my invention, which I claim as- I 1. A device of the class described coinpi'ising a receptacle including a lid and body portion, one of said portions being in the nature of a finished lamp shade.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a receptacle, including a lid and body portion, one of said portions being of a highly ornate character and translucent, and being in the nature of a finished lamp shade.

3. A device of the class descibed, cont prising a receptacle including a body and lid portions, a frame attached to one of said portions, the portion to which said frame is attached being translucent and being in the nature of a finished lamp shade.

4:. A device of the class described, comprising a receptacle including a lid and body portion, one of said portions being translucent, a framework associated with said translucent portion, and securing means attached to said framework whereby said latter portion is in the nature of shade.

A device of. the'class described comprising a receptacle including a lid and bed portion, one of said portions being translucent, aframework attached to said latter portion, securing means attached to said framework permitting of the use of said receptacle portion with which the framework is associated, andmea-ns adapted to co-operate with said framework for protecting said members from contact with the contents of said receptacle.

VIRGINIA WINN DARLING.

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